Highlandman railway station

Highlandman
Highlandman
General information
Location	Highlandman, Perth and Kinross; Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Crieff Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1856	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
1 February 1919	open
6 July 1964	closed

Highlandman railway station was a station southeast of Crieff in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was built in 1856 for the Crieff Junction Railway, which connected Crieff with the Scottish Central Railway at Crieff Junction (now Gleneagles). The CJR was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway in 1865, which itself became part of the London, Midland and Scottish in 1923.

Highlandman station was named after the drovers who passed through the area on their way between the Highlands and markets in the south.

There was no sizable community in the area. The line and station were closed on 6 July 1964,^[1] as part of the Beeching closures.

Personnel

The porter was John Aitken. He and his wife lived in the house.

The station is now a bed and breakfast.^[2]

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 227. OCLC 931112387.
^ "Highlandman Station Bed and Breakfast". www.highlandmanstation.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Strageath Halt Line and Station closed		Caledonian Railway Crieff Junction Railway		Pittenzie Halt Line and Station closed

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